You might recall SCOTUS’s 2017 smack down of a Kentucky common law rule regulating the formation of an arbitration agreement in Kindred Nursing Centers Ltd. P’ship v. Clark, 137 S. Ct. 1421, 1424 (2017). Liz wrote about the case here and here. Basically, in the case, the Kentucky Supreme Court said some unkind…

In an opinion that feels a bit like a report from the annual meeting of arbitration nerds, the Third Circuit last week clarified when district courts must allow discovery about arbitrability. Guidotti v. Legal Helpers Debt Resolution, LLC, ___ F.3d ___, 2013 WL 2302324 (3d Cir. May 28, 2013). Although the standard articulated is a…

Search…

About this blog

ArbitrationNation was started by Liz Kramer in 2011. It has been repeatedly recognized as one of the best legal blogs in the nation.